An engaging reassessment, which combines meticulous analysis of the primary sources with fresh interpretations to reveal the complex, ambitious and human character of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king.
A few weeks ago I heard Tom Licence speaking on a podcast (part of the promotion of this new work, no doubt) about how King Harold’s famed feat of generalship (marching from London to Stamford Bridge and back again in under two weeks), may not have been a march after...